tin roof with hard rain or hail is soothing in a strange way

We use to get huge spiders in our old place on Vancouver Island

I don't know why but it is one of the best ways to sleep. Maybe its because it makes it sound twice as bad as it is outside and you are warm and dry in a comfy bed.

We don't have big spiders up here. Not enough bugs to keep them fed. At least thats my theory.

it is strange isn't it

I wished I had that farm up here. That would be perfect.

we are the same, I have never seen spiders in the lower mainland like we had on the island

I grew up on a hobby farm, I hope to retire to one in 15 years

I grew up on a working farm. Cattle and self sufficent. Large garden, orchards, wild pecans and walnut trees, ponds and rivers, 300 acres owned and 600 leased.

Sounds like a good place to grow up

It was great. Fantastic fishing, deer and turkey hunting. I learned how to milk a cow by hand and paid for my schools clothes with pecans and walnuts, Spending money was from bucking hay for other farmers during the spring and summer. I learned a lot.

builds character and a good work ethic